Hide-stretching apparatus



Sept. 2 1924. G. GODDU 1,506,828

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Patented Sept. 2, 1924.

"UNITED STATES GEORGE comm, or WINCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR 'ro UNITED m PATENT OFFICE.

cmnnmr cosrona'rrow, or rarsnson, NEW JEnsE'Y, A com anion *err'rnw JERSEY.

HIDE-STRETQHING APIPARATUS.

Application filed September 20, 1920. Serial 1%. 411,310.

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After tanning, hides are commonly stretched by pincers and nailed to wooden dry and thus are wasted or else they stick in the hides and interfere with subsequent operations. V g

It is an object of the invention to provide an improved hide stretching apparatus which will avoid the ditliculties enumerated. In the preferred embodiment ofthe invention, a series of hide engaging members are mounted permanently on a frame and each member is formed with diverging prongs which can grip the hide to tension it in two directions. The prongs are arranged p eferahly in ,a plurality of transverse and ongitudinal series extendin over the greater part of the frame so at some of the prongs are always in a position to grip the hide even though it be irregular in shape or vary in size.

Referrizng to the drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective view'of the hide stretching apparatus showing somewhat diagrammatically the arrangement of d g pp p Figs-1; 1 I

*ig. 3 is a perspective view showmg a portion of the frame and the mannerin frame;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the manner in which the frames are hung while the hides are dryin the Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 -2 o f which the hide engaging prongs are mount-= Fig. 4 is a plan View ,of a portion oi the.

Fig. 6 is a detailed perspective view of one of the hide en agin members.

At 8 is in iicafie which is com-posed of o uter and inner longitudinal bars 10 and 12,, respectively, which are attached to outer and inner transverse bars 14 and 16. Suitable diagonal braces 18 may be interposed between the bars 12 and the corners of the frame as indicated and, at two of the corners, suitable angular projections 20 may be attached which serve to support-the frame slid'albly on the elevated I slidways 21, as indicated in Big. 5.

To support the hide and the hide engaging prongs upon the framework, series of angle irons are provided. These consist of both longitudinal and transverse members the longitudinal members compr-isingproecting supporting flanges 22 and horizontalflanges 23 secured to the frame. These members extend longitudinally of the frame from one diagonal brace18 to the other and lie parallel to and between the lloars 10 and 12 of the firame. The transverse members comprise pro'ecti-ng sup ortin flan cs 24 and horizonta l flanges Thistle extend transversely from one diagonal brace 18 to the other and they also connect the inner longitudinal bars 1 2 of the frame. At

the center of the frame-,the angle irons may upper openings in one angle iron will come opposite the lower openings in the adjacent angle iron. Suitable cutaway'po rtions 29 to accommodate a tool are provided oneach flange 22 and .24, these portions lacing arranged above the lower pe;ring:s Q7 and opposite theiupper-open ing's 28 of the adjacentangle'iron. H V

As indicatedmore particularly in i3 and ,6, the hide engagi n members consist 0! a shank portion 30 wh-i is inserted through the openings 28 and 27, one end of the shankbeing slit as indicated at 32 so that the ends may be spread apart to secure the in position against endwise movement. fNfil lr the other end of the shank a rear swat dare 34 which engage theflafigeii 92 adjacentins" arranged in staggered relation. so that the generally the frame the openings to resist rearward movement of the hide en aging members and this end of the shank is out as indicated at 36, 38 to provide a pair of prongs or points 40 extending forwardly and laterally. Each of these prongs is bounded by three surfaces, two of which are indicated at 42, 44, and thus a substantially triangular end is produced on which the points t0 are formed.

In Figs. 2 and 5 half of a hide is indicated at H. In attaching the hide, the operator first secures one edge of the hide to some of the prongs 40 and then with a pair of pincers he works around the hide, pulling the edge I of the hide down over the prongs 40. The

cutaway portions 29 coming opposite the prongs allow him to have access to the edge of the hide all the way around the frame and the prongs 40, since they diverge somewhat, provide means whereby an irregularly shaped hide may be easily fastened since any of the points 40, as may be most convenient, can be stuck into the hide. The feature is of special importance near the diagonals of the frame since that is the part of the frame which is usually covered by the more irregular portions of the hide.

Although the invention has been described as embodied in apparatus especially designed for use in stretching hides, in various aspects the invention is not so limited and the repeated use of the term hides is for convenience and is to be taken as indicating generically any work which can be handled y apparatus embodying the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what- I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. An apparatus for stretching hides hav ing, in combination, a frame, a series of fixed flanges projecting from the frame to support a hide, and hide engaging members extending laterally from said flanges.

2. An apparatus for stretching hides having, in combination, a frame, a series of fixed projecting members distributed over the rame, and hide engaging members arranged ion staggered relation on the projecting memers.

3. An appjaratus for stretching hides having, in com, ination, a series of supporting members, and hide engaging prongs secured to the supporting members below the upper edges of the latter,

. 4. An apparatus for stretching hides havmg, in combination, a series of projecting members, hide engaging prongs arranged in staggered relation on the projecting memhere, each projecting member being provided with cutaway portions opposite the hide engaging prongs on the adjacent projecting member.

5. in apparatus for stretching hides having, in combination, a series of projecting members, hide engaging prongs secured to the projecting members below the up er edges of the latter, each projecting mem er having cutaway portions opposite the prongs on the adjacent projecting member.

6. An apparatus for stretching hides having, in combination, a frame, a series of projecting members extending from the frame and provided with openings, and hide engaging members passed through the openings of adjacent projecting members to secure said adjacent projecting members to gether.

7. An apparatus for stretching hides having, in combination, a frame having a series of hide supporting members, and hide engaging members secured to the supporting members in an inclined position below the upper edges of the latter.

8. An apparatus for stretching hides having, in combination, a series of projecting flanges, each having a series of upper and a series of lower openings, the upper openings of one flange being arranged opposite the lower openings of the next flange, and hide engaging members secured in the opposite openings.

9. An apparatus for stretching hides having, in combination, a frame, projecting flanges secured to the frame and each having a series of upper and a series of lower openings, the upper openings on one flange arranged opposite the lower openingsof the next flan e, and hide engaging members mounted in the opposite openings of adjacent flanges and arranged instaggered' relation.

10. An apparatus for stretching hides having, in combination, a frame, supporting members on the frame, and hide engaging members secured to the supporting members for engagement with a hide, said hide engaging members being formed with diverging prongs at one end and with a split p01" tion at. the other end to secure them to the supporting members. V

11. An apparatus for stretching hides having, in combination, a series of longitudinal and transverse hide supporting members, and hide engaging prongs secured to the supporting members below the upper edges of the latter.

12. An apparatus for stretching hides having, in combination, a frame, hide supporting members secured to the frame and arranged at an angle to each other, and hide engaging prongs secured to the supporting mem rs. i

13. An apparatus for stretching hides having, in combination, a frame, longitudinal and transverse supporting members secured to the frame, and hide engaging members secured to the supporting members and having diverging prongs.

14. An apparatus for stretching hides having, in combination, a frame, longitudinal and transverse members secured to the frame and meeting along a diagonal line, and hide engaging prongs secured to the members.

15. An apparatus for stretching hides having, in combination, a frame, longitudinal and transverse members secured to the frame and meeting along a diagonal line, and hide engaging members with diverging prongs secured to the londitudinal and transverse members.

16. In an apparatus for stretching hides, hide engaging members having the forward portion of their bodies divided to provide forwardly and laterally diverging prongs to penetrate the hide and hold it under tension in two directions, and means for rigidly supporting said members.

17. An apparatus for stretching hides having, in combination, a frame, and a series of hide engaging members distributed over the frame with their shanks arranged par allel, said shanks each having one end formed into laterally diverging prongs to penetrate the material and hold it under tension in a plurality of directions.

18. An apparatus for stretching hides havin in combination, a frame, and series of hi e engaging members having shanks mounted at an angle to each other on the frame, each shank having one end divided into diverging prongs to penetrate the ma terial and hold it under tension in different directions.

19. An apparatus for stretching hides having, in combination, a frame, and a plurality of series of hide engaging prongs occupying the greater part of the frame, some of said i rongs being arranged at an angle to the ot ers.

20. An apparatus for stretching hides having, in combination, a frame, a plurality of hide engaging members having their shanks angularly arranged on the frame, some of the members being provided with a plurality of forwardly diverging prongs, and means for supporting said members to resist strain in the line of their shanks.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

GEORGE GODDU. 

